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Main Authors: Horch, Amanda P, Nogueira, Caio Santos, Santos, Rafael Carvalho, Guéron, Rodrigo, Pasinatto, Karmine, Costa, Rogerio Caetano, Moraes, Isabela R R
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Acta parasitologica 2025
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Online Access:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40237883/
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author Horch, Amanda P
Nogueira, Caio Santos
Santos, Rafael Carvalho
Guéron, Rodrigo
Pasinatto, Karmine
Costa, Rogerio Caetano
Moraes, Isabela R R
author_facet Horch, Amanda P
Nogueira, Caio Santos
Santos, Rafael Carvalho
Guéron, Rodrigo
Pasinatto, Karmine
Costa, Rogerio Caetano
Moraes, Isabela R R
Horch, Amanda P
Nogueira, Caio Santos
Santos, Rafael Carvalho
Guéron, Rodrigo
Pasinatto, Karmine
Costa, Rogerio Caetano
Moraes, Isabela R R
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents First Record of Pleurocrypta petrolisthis Markham, 1988 (Isopoda, Bopyridae) Parasitizing a Porcelain Crab (Porcellanidae) from Brazil, with Notes on Morphology and Ecology. Horch, Amanda P Nogueira, Caio Santos Santos, Rafael Carvalho Guéron, Rodrigo Pasinatto, Karmine Costa, Rogerio Caetano Moraes, Isabela R R Animals Brazil Isopoda Male Female Brachyura Prevalence Host-Parasite Interactions Isopods of the genus Pleurocrypta Hesse, 1865 are branchial parasites of squat lobsters and porcelain crabs. Here, we record Ple. petrolisthis Markham, 1988 from Brazil for the first time, infesting the porcelain crab Petrolisthes galathinus (Bosc, 1801), and provide new morphological and ecological data. Samplings were conducted in Pernambuco and São Paulo, Brazil, between 2021 and 2022, using active and passive methods. Illustrations of Ple. petrolisthis were made with a drawing tube mounted on a stereomicroscope and a compound microscope, then traced using Adobe Illustrator. Statistical analyses were conducted on prevalence, side preference and the relationship between parasite and host size. Specimens conform well with the original description of Ple. petrolisthis, with few morphological differences in the females. In the males, the segmentation of pleon varied from fully fused to five-segmented, and the maxillipeds are present. Prevalence is higher than for other species of Pleurocrypta, and no preference for side of the branchial chamber was observed. Parasite size influenced host size, probably due to the deformation of the carapace in infested hosts. The study expands the distribution of Ple. petrolisthis from its type locality in Bonaire to Brazil. The variation in the pleon segmentation of the males is described for the first time, and the presence of maxillipeds is added to the original description. This is the first study to provide ecological data for any of the Western Atlantic species of Pleurocrypta, widening our knowledge of the relationship between bopyrids and their hosts.
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spellingShingle First Record of Pleurocrypta petrolisthis Markham, 1988 (Isopoda, Bopyridae) Parasitizing a Porcelain Crab (Porcellanidae) from Brazil, with Notes on Morphology and Ecology.
Horch, Amanda P
Nogueira, Caio Santos
Santos, Rafael Carvalho
Guéron, Rodrigo
Pasinatto, Karmine
Costa, Rogerio Caetano
Moraes, Isabela R R
Animals
Brazil
Isopoda
Male
Female
Brachyura
Prevalence
Host-Parasite Interactions
First Record of Pleurocrypta petrolisthis Markham, 1988 (Isopoda, Bopyridae) Parasitizing a Porcelain Crab (Porcellanidae) from Brazil, with Notes on Morphology and Ecology. Horch, Amanda P Nogueira, Caio Santos Santos, Rafael Carvalho Guéron, Rodrigo Pasinatto, Karmine Costa, Rogerio Caetano Moraes, Isabela R R Animals Brazil Isopoda Male Female Brachyura Prevalence Host-Parasite Interactions Isopods of the genus Pleurocrypta Hesse, 1865 are branchial parasites of squat lobsters and porcelain crabs. Here, we record Ple. petrolisthis Markham, 1988 from Brazil for the first time, infesting the porcelain crab Petrolisthes galathinus (Bosc, 1801), and provide new morphological and ecological data. Samplings were conducted in Pernambuco and São Paulo, Brazil, between 2021 and 2022, using active and passive methods. Illustrations of Ple. petrolisthis were made with a drawing tube mounted on a stereomicroscope and a compound microscope, then traced using Adobe Illustrator. Statistical analyses were conducted on prevalence, side preference and the relationship between parasite and host size. Specimens conform well with the original description of Ple. petrolisthis, with few morphological differences in the females. In the males, the segmentation of pleon varied from fully fused to five-segmented, and the maxillipeds are present. Prevalence is higher than for other species of Pleurocrypta, and no preference for side of the branchial chamber was observed. Parasite size influenced host size, probably due to the deformation of the carapace in infested hosts. The study expands the distribution of Ple. petrolisthis from its type locality in Bonaire to Brazil. The variation in the pleon segmentation of the males is described for the first time, and the presence of maxillipeds is added to the original description. This is the first study to provide ecological data for any of the Western Atlantic species of Pleurocrypta, widening our knowledge of the relationship between bopyrids and their hosts.
title First Record of Pleurocrypta petrolisthis Markham, 1988 (Isopoda, Bopyridae) Parasitizing a Porcelain Crab (Porcellanidae) from Brazil, with Notes on Morphology and Ecology.
topic Animals
Brazil
Isopoda
Male
Female
Brachyura
Prevalence
Host-Parasite Interactions
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40237883/